ONE YEAR LATER

"Are you done yet?" Keiko groaned as she sat on the windowsill behind Toushirou's desk sipping at his tea.

"No." he stated simply and continued to fill out paperwork.

"But I'm hungry" she whined and jumped off the window. Walking up behind him and wrapping her arms around his neck, she kissed his cheek and rested her head on his shoulder.

"So am I, but I have to get this paperwork handed in by nine" he looked over at the clock "so I only have an hour."

"you know I love you, right?"

"Mmhmm" he said leaning into her.

"Well, then don't get to upset when I tell you that you are absolutely pathetic."
"Excuse me?"

"You heard me" she smiled, pressing her face into his hair "you're pathetic and slow. Move over."

Laughing, she climbed onto his lap and took the pen out of his hand. At lightning speed she began filling out the paperwork herself and forging the signatures with perfection. "Slow slow slow." She shook her head grinning.

"Do you even know what you're writing?" He asked, trying not to sound impressed at her speed as he looked around her arm to see exactly what she was doing.

"Sure. I spend enough time around your squad that I know relatively what's going on. What I don't know for fact, I can just infer. Its just a matter of giving vague answers, unlike these unnecessary long explanations you give for things. My god. Just look at this! No wonder this takes you so long! Baka. This question could have been answered in four to six words, but you used three paragraphs. i Three/i "

"Well forgive me for wanting to do a thorough job"

"No, I'm not berating you, Its just that when its between doing a wonderfully OCD job on your paperwork or slacking a bit so we can eat, I'm going for the food."

"Whatever. So where are we going to eat?"

"Hmm" she momentarily stopped writing to bring the pen to her mouth in thought "I don't know. I'm not feeling very picky, so you choose."

"Well, in that case" he replied, wrapping his arms around her waist "I think that we should eat in" he gave her a quick peck on the lips.

"You're going to make me cook?" she fake pouted and kissed his nose playfully.

"Ill help" he smiled and kissed her neck.

"You're a horrible cook though." She grinned, nudging his head up, and kissed him passionately.

"Taicho! I have good news!" Matsumoto yelled gleefully as she burst through the office door. "There was a-" she stopped short and froze when she noticed the two captains, mid-kiss, before her. Toushirou stopped and let his head drop in embarrassment and grimaced while Keiko bit her bottom lip in an attempt to not burst out laughing. There was a moment of awkward silence between the captain and lieutenant that ended when Toushirou lifted his head and growled "Matsumoto….Get. OUT!"

"H-hai captain! Sorry!" she squeaked and ran out of the office.

When the door closed, Keiko finally broke out in hysterics.

"What are you laughing at" he asked, half glaring.

"Hahaha! HA! Oh my god the look on your face just now- Hahaha! This is what? The third time that's happened this month?" she continued to laugh

"She really needs to learn to knock once and a while" he sighed in frustration

"Ha! She's always had a bad habit of walking into rooms at the worst times, like, do you remember when she accidentally went into men's changing room at the hot springs and saw Yumichik-"

"-How could forget? She ran back here squealing and I had to hear about it for the next hour. The idiot…She's done way worse than that though, like – well she made me promise not to tell anyone, but-"

Before he could finish, Keiko turned and wrapped her legs around his waist so she could face him. Putting her hands on his shoulders she gasped sarcastically.

"What!You? Gossip?! That's a first, please do tell"

"Hn" he smirked and chuckled, adding teasingly, "Well on second thought, maybe I shouldn't –"

Her grip on his shoulders tightened. "Tell. Me."

"Okay, okay. Once-" he paused for dramatic effect "Matsumoto walked in Shunsui and Nanao having sex"

"Pfft, who hasn't?" was the unexpected response that he got.

"What!!!??" he exclaimed, bewildered.

"Man, and I got all excited over nothing…"

"Wait, no. What do you mean 'who hasn't'??" his eyes grew wide

"What, you mean you really had no idea? There must be over a dozen people, including myself, who have made same mistake as our darling Matsumoto-"

"You?! When? Why didn't you tell me?"

It wasn't very often that she could get this kind of rise out of him. It was so adorable.

"I honestly didn't think it was that big of a deal. I mean, I never actually caught them in the physical act. The first time, I was dropping off some paperwork and when I came in, they making out half naked on the floor. The second time, I was supposed to pick up Shunsui and bring him over to squad 11 for drinks, but apparently he forgot, because when I came into the office, they were asleep on the couch…naked. I mean, there was a blanket covering them, but still-" she stopped. The look on his face was priceless. Eyes wide, brow furrowed, and jaw dropped, all he needed was a "WTF" thought bubble.

In a sudden fit of laughter that brought tears to her eyes, she howled at the frozen expression he wore, which only changed when she eventually lost her balance and the two toppled off of the chair and onto the floor.

"I can not believe you" he sighed and leaned over to kiss her.

"I cant believe you" she kissed him back .

"I cant believe that you're making my actually care about this petty stuff, but am I really that oblivious to what goes on in Seretei?"
"Yes, but I still love you" she rolled over and lay on top of him and kissed him passionately, running a hand through his hair.

"Hn." He smiled into the kiss and after a few minutes, rolled her over so he was laying on her. The kissed quickly changed direction from her lips to along her jaw line and down her neck.

His paper work was defiantly going to be late.